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Formerly a school, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme was opened as a museum in 1998 to house the overspill of antiquities languishing in the store rooms of the Museo Nazionale Romano which is set inside the ruins of the Roman b...
Before even embarking on this discussion, we must clarify terms: expatriates (expats) are people residing out of their native land for a variety of reasons; expatriots are people alienated from their own countries for ot...
The Aventine, one of the seven hills of Rome, was once a suburb of the ancient Roman city. It then became an important centre of Christian worship. Today it is still a place for a pleasant walk away from the noise of the...
On an island revered for its literature, story-telling and theatre, it might come as no surprise that over the last 20 years Ireland has wholeheartedly embraced the medium of cinema. However, the journey of Irish cinema...
The Via Francigena was a holy mediaeval pilgrimage road to Rome and can still be walked today.With the help of European Union funding, Italy is trying to emulate the phenomenal success of the Camino Francés to Santiago d...
Due to open to the public in mid-November, it is immediately evident that no expense has been spared on the luxurious new vision of the Egyptian Academy in Rome by Egyptian architect (and former academy resident) Hatem S...
On 31 October 1820 the brilliant young English poet, John Keats, disembarked in Naples after an extremely hazardous journey by sea from England. It was his 25th birthday and he only had another four months to live.
Kea...
If you stop for coffee at the Teano service area travelling between Rome and Naples, you cannot but notice a grand mural of two men on horseback shaking hands. One has an officer
Chiara asked my wife if she would like to come on a trip to Umbria to collect her mother Carla and bring her back to Rome at the end of the summer holiday. Marinella
Upon arriving in S. Maria di Castellabate, first impressions might suggest that the inhabitants of this charming fishing village are addicted to ice-cream.
Villagers of all ages stroll up and down the main thoroughfar...
For those who knew the old premises of the British Council in Palazzo del Drago on Via delle Quattro Fontane, its new home, just off Piazza di Spagna, could hardly be more of a contrast.
The wide elegant staircase at P...
Below is a list of the major museums and archaeological sites in Rome; in general, ticket offices shut approximately one hour before final closing time. In most cases admission is free for EU citizens under 18 and over 6...
It was a summer of high political drama and low intrigue; autumn and winter promise to maintain the tension. Both the theatre and the substance will continue and there is a fair chance of early elections in spring. For a...
Not many people have heard of Mario Nuzzi. And yet he was one of the most famous artists in 17th-century Italy. Commissions flooded into his atelier from the ruling houses of Rome, Florence and Turin. His works were sent...
Rome's multicultural Pigneto neighbourhood with working-class Roman roots.
By Martin Bennett.
Take a glint-nosed tram (no 5 or 14). A rattling ten minutes later you thread Porta Maggiore and an equally massive piec...
There they were, five bones lying on red silk in a glass casket. They had been escorted with great devotion from the place of his birth to the place of his death. Experts were at hand to give advice along the way to make...
The summer is typically a period of increased conflict in Italian politics as the need or desire to finalise legislation before the August recess can result in a series of provisions that are pushed through parliament wi...
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